For the last several years, she has been trying to change Minnesota law.

“I’m going to do my best to turn this around for other kids and other parents," Sweats said.

Cameron Norris was only three when he was beaten to death in February of 2003 in Brooklyn Center by a family friend who was watching him.

Samuel Jones took a plea bargain: 2nd degree unintentional murder, given 20 years in prison and with supervised release.

"There's so many things that Jones did intentionally, and for him to get a prison sentence of unintentional...it’s stabbing me in the heart," Sweats said.

Whenever news breaks of another child dead from abuse - as in Tuesday in Crystal - it breaks her heart all over again.

Yet, those stories only drive her more. Her dream is that Minnesota will make it a mandatory life sentence for anyone who kills a child.

“They have to know that killing a child is not only stealing the child's life, but stealing the life of the parents.” Sweats made a petition on change.org and a Facebook page called "Fighting for Cameron and Kids."

She’s written to lawmaker and the governor, trying to get any attention for a cause fueled by grief for a boy who should be 17 but is forever 3.